(19)
(11) EP 1 133 144 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/40

(43) Date of publication A2:
12.09.2001 Bulletin 2001/37

(21) Application number: 01100379.5

(22) Date of filing: 05.01.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7H04N 1/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 17.01.2000 JP 2000007649

(71) Applicant: KONICA CORPORATION
Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Sugano, Masashi, c/o Konica Corporation
    Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, 192-0032 (JP)
  • Sawada, Kouichi, c/o Konica Corporation
    Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, 192-0032 (JP)
  • Suzuki, Takayuki, c/o Konica Corporation
    Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, 192-0032 (JP)

(74) Representative: Henkel, Feiler, Hänzel 
Möhlstrasse 37
81675 München
81675 München (DE)

   


(54) Image forming apparatus and image reading device for use in the apparatus


(57) An image forming apparatus which forms an image on a recording material, which has: a writing section to write according to the image data; an oscillator to generate a synchronized synchronizing clock signal; a spreading clock generator to spread the band of a synchronized reference clock and generate spreading clock signals; and a plurality of control circuits to control the image forming apparatus and each section of the image forming apparatus including a writing control circuit to control the writing section. More than one control circuits in the control circuits other than the writing control circuit are driven by the spreading clock signals, and the writing control circuit is driven by the synchronizing clock signal.







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